Contents. Firsts First UK-produced radio game show: The oldest show for which we have a listing is the write-in quiz from 1925. The earliest we know of with actual on-air contestants is Inter Regional Spelling Competition, broadcast on the BBC Regional Service on 25 November 1937. First TV game show:, shown by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on 31st May 1938, transmitted live from Alexandra Palace.
First TV game show offering cash prizes:, broadcast on 23rd September 1955 by Associated-Rediffusion. Broadcasting records Longest running Longest-running game show (TV): This used to be an easy one to call, as enjoyed such a head start that even after it ended, it took a very long time for other long-runners to catch up. However, as that show didn't have a made-for-TV competition format for its first couple of years (it covered existing contests, but didn't stage its own), we can now declare it officially overtaken, by not one but two shows:. Which of those is the actual longest-running, depends on how you measure it. Counting only the periods when they ran as regular series, University Challenge (21/9/62 to 3/9/87 and 21/9/94 to present) beats A Question of Sport (5/1/70 to present), but if you count AQoS from its regional pilot (2/12/68) then it has the upper hand. Though if you consider the UC revival to have begun with the 1992 special, then University Challenge takes the lead again. It's a big can of worms, but two things we can say for certain are that AQoS has the longest continuous period in regular production, while UC has aired new episodes in the most different calendar years; 2016 was its fiftieth (while 'only' the 48th for AQoS).
All-time longest-running game show (radio): has run continuously since 1947. Longest-running game show broadcast in UK (TV): Technically, it's, which first aired in 1957, and annually between 1959 and 2010 (sometimes under different titles). The has been broadcast annually since 1956, but is not usually a UK production. Most episodes produced: aired its 6000th episode on 5 September 2014, and is still going strong with around 250 new episodes each year.
Shortest running All-time shortest-running game show (TV): Aside from intentional one-offs, 's started and ended on Monday 5th March 2007.
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